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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.

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Iranian Pipe Mill Calls on SMS group for Upgrades

29 January 2018 - SMS group has signed a signed a comprehensive service and modernization contract with Sadid Industrial Group’s Mahshahr pipe mill, the equipment supplier has announced. 

ATI Joint Venture Initiates Sheet Production

25 January 2018 - Stainless and specialty alloys manufacturer Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) has made some early production runs of stainless sheet produced through its joint venture with China’s Tsingshan Group.  

Canadian Plant Targets 100K Ton Lift in Capacity Through Capital Upgrades

25 January 2018 - ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada will invest nearly CA$70 million (approximately US$56.8 million) in its Contrecoeur, Que., facilities over the next three years, the company has announced. 

U. S. Steel Sued Over Chromium Discharges

24 January 2018 - The city of Chicago has sued United States Steel Corporation in federal court over two accidental discharges of chromium into Lake Michigan. 

JSW Steel Awards Furnace Contract to Fives

24 January 2018 - Industrial engineering firm Fives has bagged an order for two high-capacity reheat furnaces from India’s JSW Steel, the firm reported on Wednesday. 

Steel Dynamics Had a Great Year. Here's Why.

23 January 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. had a banner year in 2017 as the company set new records for steel shipments, sales and safety, it said on Tuesday. 

Chinese Steelmaker Lights New Blast Furnace

22 January 2018 - China’s Shandong Steel Group Rizhao has blown in a new blast furnace and tapped the first batch of hot metal, reports SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit. 

Fire Damages AK Steel Mill

22 January 2018 - AK Steel Corp. has begun repairing the steel shop at its Middletown, Ohio, mill after molten steel escaped from a ladle and damaged the facility.   

Commercial Metals Company to Launch Branded Rebar Production at South Carolina Mill

19 January 2018 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) is gearing up its Cayce, S.C., USA, rebar mill to produce the ChrōmX line of rebar acquired through its purchase of MMFX Technologies Corp. 

NISCO Calls on Primetals Technologies for Caster Mod

19 January 2018 - Primetals Technologies has received an order to modify a bloom caster China’s Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co. Ltd.  

Danieli Lands Expanded Order from Steel Dynamics

16 January 2018 - Danieli said it has won a follow-on order for a water treatment plant at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbia City, Ind., USA, bar mill. 

EVRAZ Signs Off on Furnace Improvements

16 January 2018 - Russia’s EVRAZ has signed the final acceptance certificate on a project that modernized the No. 2 electric arc furnace at its plant in western Siberia. 

TMK IPSCO Files for IPO

15 January 2018 - The North American division of Russian oil country tubular goods maker PAO TMK is moving to become public, filing to register its shares with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Kentucky Mini-Mill to Close Permanently

11 January 2018 - A Kentucky mini-mill intends to shut down permanently by the end of winter, putting 113 people out of work. 

Danieli Wins Order for New Nucor Mill

09 January 2018 - Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli as the primary technology supplier for its planned rebar micro-mill in Sedalia, Mo., USA. 

Newly Built Pellet Plant Achieves Production Goal

09 January 2018 - A new Russian pelletizing plant has reached its design capacity and is now producing more than 500,000 metric tons of commercial-grade pellets per month.

Fives Expands Machine Tool Services Business Through Acquisition

09 January 2018 - Konecranes has sold its U.S.-based machine tool service unit to industrial engineer Fives for an undisclosed amount, Fives said on Tuesday. 

Danieli Corus Lands Orders for Process Control Systems

05 January 2018 - Danieli Corus has won orders for sublance-based process control systems that are to be installed at two Chinese steel plants. 

GFG Alliance Acquires Australian Coking Coal Mine

02 January 2018 - The family-owned company that acquired Australia’s Whyalla steel works last summer has a deal to buy a metallurgical coal mine that supplies it. 

New Owner of Stalled Taconite Project Prepares to Move Forward

28 December 2017 - The Essar Steel Minnesota project has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy under new ownership and is firing new legal shots at would-be competitor Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., reports the Duluth News Tribune newspaper.